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Saturday morning clinics offer a quick fix for runners
By JOE SHAFRAN
Much of this region emptied out last weekend and went to Cooperstown to watch Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. That section of the empire state seems to be a collection point for Halls of Fame. A few miles north of Cooperstown at Utica, New York, there is the Distance Running Hall of Fame that recently inducted Steve Prefontaine of the northwest and Phil Stewart, who directs the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler. I am told by an expert in sports that a few miles down the road from Cooperstown is the soccer hall at Hartwick College at Oneonta and the boxing hall is at Canastota.
Away from the Halls and here at home, I finally got the answer to the often-asked question: when a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around, is there a sound? I can now assure you, first hand, there is. Last Saturday morning, while running the Broad Creek trails behind Annapolis High School, I thought a herd of elephants were coming through the woods after me. There were no elephants, but a good hundred yards away, a large tree branch had broken loose from about 90 feet up and crashed to the ground. I heard the crack and the crash.
I was running that trail trying, without success, to keep up with one of the more prolific runners around here , Scott Eden, of Annapolis, who instructs on both speed and distance running six mornings a week on the track and the trails at Annapolis High School. I understand Scott was instrumental in helping clear the trails along Broad Creek. Whenever I need a running and stretching fix, I stop by Scott’s weekday morning clinics and last Saturday I decided to join up with him for one of his distance runs, but unless you get there on right on time, he and the pupils are long gone. And there’s an incentive. After the run, Scott invites the runners to his house for a breakfast of waffles and, by his own admission, a strip of bacon or two.
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I am naming Scott Eden as the Runner of the Week. He is now Scott Eden, M.D. and when he’s not tending to his patients, he’s still out running or encouraging others to run. It’s like a time warp when I see Dr. Eden .He was a two time All-American when he ran at Duke Univewrsity in the early seventies. To me he looks and runs like he did when the won the Marine Marathon in 1978 in his early twenties . I didn’t know him then other than knowing that someone from Annapolis won the Marine Marathon that I had run. He finished that Marathon in just a little over two hours, an hour and a half before I ,and there I was last Saturday morning again, doing a few miles, still a good hour behind him.
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A race tout, I’m not. I refer to the John Wall Mile, Saturday, July 21, at the Broadneck High School track. I was correct in my last column, when I wrote that last year’s winner, Scott Koehler, in his early twenties, would not be running, so I suggested that you might watch out for Jim Anderson who, in his 40’s, could well win it. Maybe it was the hot weather that slowed him down, but he came in sixth in a few seconds over 5 minutes. Anderson did much better the week before at the West Annapolis 5K where he came in 4th. But, I do have another tip for you in future races. I say watch out for 3 year old Isabella “ Bella” Nudelman. To a cheering crowd at the John Wall finish line , Bella brought up the rear , doing the mile in about about 15 minutes. And this past weekend, I’m told, she made headlines in a Pennsylvania 3k that she did in 27 minutes. Name sound familiar? Her 31 year old father is Nathan Nudelman, the Annapolis marathoner and coach and her grandmother, in her fifties, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a top runner there and is seen at races around here once in a while.
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Hint of the Week… Wearing head sets when running. You may know that I have been opposed to their use. But technology has outdistanced me and I quote from something I have just read, “Once a sport revered for its simplicity, running has hit the mother lode in technological advances. Nothing stands out more than the Nike iPod - the conveyance of shoe and MP3 player linked together by a sensor in the shoe that conveys information about your workout through your iPod and right into your ear”. I stand advised and that’s all well and good, but I still say, stay alert to your surroundings.
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Race Results:
John Wall Memorial Mile.
Broadneck High Track .Sat. July 21
First ten from web site.
1. Matt Fortin, 23, 4:36. 2. Andrew Madison, 19, 4:37, 3.Matt Gelety,18, 4:40, 4. Christian Smooth , 16, 4:41, 5, Kyle Caudle, 42, 4:43, 6. Noah Wood , 24, 4:53, 7. Rob Tisch, 35, 4:55, 8. Chris Hart-Moynihan,17, 4:55, 9. Jim Anderson, 47, 4:58, 10. Nathan Bickell, 16, 5:02.
Women’s Distance Festival 5k
Sat. July 21… West Annapolis,
(First 11) from web site.
Betsy Eames, 23, 19:10, 2. Sheryl Kline, 44, 19:28, 3. Leah Atkinson, 20, 19:38,4.Gloria Roberts, 15, 19:45, 5. Brittany Rooks, 13, 20:59, 6. Sandra Griffin, 40, 21:25, 7. Janeth Scott, 45, 21:26, 8. Suzanne Edgar, 40, 21:48,9. Debbie Young, 36, 21:50, 10.Katherine Hannum, 21, 22:03. 11, Erin Masterson , 23, 22:28.
Men’s 5k
After the women (West Annapolis)
(First 11) from Web site.
Gregory Holden, 27, 16:35, 2. Justine Mikolay, 28, 16:37, 3. Andrew Stresing,16, 17:56, 4. Jim Anderson, 47, 17:58, 5. Alan Cook, 36, 18:02, 6. Christopher Hart-Moynihan, 17, 18:08, 7. Tom Hofer,39, 18:25, 8. DelVaughn Rooks, 15, 18:29, 9. Gary Marlowe, 32, 18:39, 10. Nathan Bickell, 16, 18:43, 11. Dr. Scott Eden, 53, 18:45 .
Running Calendar:
Aug. 5. Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold , 8 A.M.
Striders Dog Days 8K Cross Country, 5th in Champion Series and the Md. RRCA Grand Prix ...
Call Matt Mace 410.647.7633
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